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The team was in the loft trying to see what was going on around them when they heard voices outside the shed. Sarah grabbed Morgan and shoved him down behind a crate as Casey and Roan ducked out of sight hiding in the shadows. They heard the door creak as it was opened and through a hole in the floorboard saw Miguel and Donna Rosenda run inside with four men.
"Okay, we can catch our breathes here for a moment. I want you two to go secure a vehicle then come back and pick us up. We need to get out of here so we can regroup."
"I want to kill every one of them," hissed Donna Rosenda. "First Pablito and now Luiz… I want them all dead."
"And we'll make sure that happens, but first we need to get out of here," said Miguel as he put his arm around her. "It's just me and you now."
"I want to know who that woman's name is who gunned down Luiz," she said as she pushed away his arm. "What kind of coward shoots someone in the back?"
"I promise you'll be able to ask her yourself when we take her. We'll make them all pay," said Miguel. As Miguel was talking Sarah looked over at Casey who'd already had his weapon out.
"This crap ends here," he whispered over to her. "You know who they're talking about don't you? If you haven't it's us and I for one am not going to wait to see if they make good on their threats. No, I'm going to but nip this in the bud."
"I agree," said Sarah. "But we need to be smart about this and wait for their men to leave then we can take them..."
"I'm not taking anyone this ends here with them. Roan, you stay here with Grimes and Morgan, you might not want to watch what happens next. I can promise you it won't be pretty."
"Shush, there's someone else outside the door. Hold up and don't jump the gun we need to wait and see who it is."
"Just more kindling for the fire as far as I'm concerned," said John as he rolled over on his back and checked his weapon. He only had five rounds left in his clip.
"How many you got left," asked Sarah. She realized she was down to her last round. "I've got a full clip. How about you?"
"Same here but maybe we should wait and do as you say? There's no reason in jumping into a hornet's nest." But as they were whispering Anatoly, Stefan and Tatiana walked in. "Looks life the Red army just stepped into the middle of it."
"Shush, and listen."
[Meanwhile down below]
"Drop your weapons and hands where we can see them," yelled Miguel as he started laughing. "Well, this is an unexpected surprise. I'm glad you people dropped in. Now, you can do us a favor and help us get out of here."
"And you told us not to run for the cinder block building," said Anatoly as he dropped the 47 and raised his hands.
"Look we're not here for you," said Tatiana. "So just let us get on with our mission and we'll pretend we never met each other. You go your way and we'll go ours."
"I'd like to do that tovarishch, comrade but I'm afraid I really do need your help. I could have my men kill your two friends then you can come with us."
"Now John," yelled Sarah. She wasn't going to wait anymore because she's heard enough. She took one of the guards out with a head shot then leaped out of the loft on another. Casey rose up to cover her downing the one before he jumped down. In the melee Miguel was momentarily distracted, distracted long enough of Stefan and Anatoly to pull their service weapons.
"Now it's our turn to tell you to drop your weapon and hands where we can see them," said Anatoly. They heard a loud crack as Sarah snapped the last guard's neck. "Nice of you two to drop in."
"Just like the last war... you guys need us to pull your bacon out of the fire," said Casey as he picked up one of their 45s. Yes, comrade Kalashnikov and I need to make our guests feel at home. Now what were you saying before about who needs to die?"
"Go ahead kill me," said Rosenda. "You've killed my Pablito and Luiz... I'm not afraid to die. But sooner or later I will get my revenge and you can mark my words on that."
"Kind of hard with a bullet through the forehead," said Casey as he brought up the barrel. "Yes, ma'am really hard and unlike Black Bart there will be no coming back from that."
"John, stand down," said Sarah as she moved in between Casey and Rosenda. "We don't do this... we're better than this."
"You might be," he said as he looked at the Rosenda and Miguel. "But she doesn't know the truth and if I were in her shoes I'd probably be looking to whack someone too. So lady you've got a free pass this time and this time only."
"Free pass? What do you mean if I knew the truth," said Rosenda as she looked at them. "Oh, I see what this is. This is another one of your tricks, isn't it? Well, I'm not falling for it. You should shoot me because if I get the chance I won't hesitate."
Stefan, Anatoly and who's this? A new entry?" said Sarah as she tried to move the attention off Miguel and Rosenda. "I think I can guess why you are here. I saw... well we saw Chuck with Natasha."
"Yes and no... that's why we came but that's been put on hold for forty-eight hours. Time enough for you to get Chuck clear from her. Where's Chuck anyway? He was in a Range Rover ahead of us coming here and we assumed for you."
"Chuck? Chuck's not here. The last time we saw him he left from here," said Sarah. "But you said he was ahead of you?"
"Yes, he pulled a U-turn in the middle of the road then doubled back here," said Anatoly as Miguel started laughing.
"Okay laughing boy, you want to enlighten us as to what's so funny before I reach down your throat and pull you inside out."
"Our passports," said Sarah remembering Miguel had come to their room and had taken them. "You did what with them?"
"I think you can figure that one out and that other agent you're talking about is in the house," said Miguel as he looked at his watch. "However, by now I don't know what condition you'll find him in and he had that other female agent with him..."
"Alex," said Sarah as she looked over at Casey. "Come on we need to go and find them. There's no time to wait."
"Anatoly, Stefan why didn't you go provide back up? I can stay here and watch the prisoners," said Tatiana. "You said he was your friend and as the Director said Natasha is the GRU's job now."
"If you're coming with us you need to come now," said Sarah as she and Casey went to the door checking outside before heading back to the house.
[Once everyone was gone]
"Good, I didn't think they were ever going to leave. You can put that piece away," said Miguel. "Look we need to act quickly, I sent them off but they won't be gone for long so we're going to need your help to vanish."
"What's going on? Why are you talking to her like that?" said Rosenda as Tatiana lowered her Makarov. "You know each other?"
"How do you think I knew what ships were in the area? Tatiana fed me the intel then I passed it on to Luiz. It was like taking candy from a baby and it was good while it lasted but we need to close up shop at least for a little while."
"How am I supposed to explain to them how you two escaped when they come back? I'm sorry but you said it, it was good while it lasted."
"Oh no you can't do this to us... to me tovarishch. You're not going to get away with this. No, we're in this boat together until I say so. Now, I want you to put that gun away and help us get out of here. There's a secret tunnel in the block building..."
"I'm sorry but I going to have to enforce page five, paragraph six, subsection three of my employment agreement."
"What are you talking about? There's no employment agreement so what are you citing? Stop screwing around we need to go."
"That section deals with the dissolution of our working agreement which says that when one party meets his maker the other party is free to do whatever he or she wants to do."
"What's that supposed to mean? You're not making any sense. Will you stop joking around and put that thing away?"
"Oh, I have stopped joking around as you say and I think you know what I meant," said Tatiana as she raised her Makarov.
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When Sam woke up the next morning sunlight was shining in through her window. She heard sounds from the kitchen so she ran to see who it was. When she got there, she found Mary making breakfast with Kate sitting across from the table drinking coffee. She stopped and just stood there looking at them.
"Well just don't stand there," said Mary. "If you stand like that too long birds will build a nest in your hair and your feet will take root. Have you washed you face and hands?"
"No, not yet I heard noise in here so I came to see if Mommy or Chuck were back... but I found you two instead," Sam said looking down at her feet.
"Well good morning to you too. Okay today we can be a dirty birdie and you can eat first then go wash up," said Mary as she got Sam a bowl down from the cupboard.
"No, I don't want to be a dirty birdie but a clean mean fighting machine," yelled Sam as she ran back to the bathroom.
"Why didn't you tell her that Chuck and Sarah are wrapping up down there and should be back tomorrow morning?"
"I don't want to tell her anything until I know they're in the air and on their way back. The last thing I want to do is disappoint her. I remember what it was like for Chuck and I don't want that for her."
"Why? Do you think something will change? From what I understood everything was under control and they were packing up?"
"It's never over until it's over. Now we need to get people fed then ready for school. I called you over this morning so you can take Sam into school. I need to have a talk with a man in the parking lot."
"Remember this is an elementary school not the wild west. We don't need nor want a shoot-out in the parking lot."
"I hate to break it to you but they had schools in the Wild West. And they had their problem with dropouts and juvenile delinquents like Billy the Kid. But I hear what you're saying, I just need to have a little chat with the lead agent."
"I just hope it will do some good. The stories I'm hearing on TV and reading about on the internet are pretty bleak."
"I'm sure we can come to some sort of arrangement," said Mary as Sam came back in. "But we can talk more about this later."
"You know a person living around here could get the impression that you don't want to talk around them. I feel like a mushroom and you want to know why?"
"No, and don't you dare repeat what Casey told you like that line before about being 'a clean mean fighting machine'. Although I think John said 'lean' not 'clean', but it came straight from his mouth."
"I'm definitely going to have to have a talk with him about watching what he says when little ears are around," said Kate as she took a sip of her coffee.
"Yeah, we wouldn't want Bunny picking up any bad words. I know you're not going to believe me but I swear she said Sam last night."
"I believe you want to think you heard her say Sam," said Kate as Sam started eating her cereal. "But babies make a lot of sounds and we often interpret them as words."
"Well, she didn't actually say Sam... it was more like 'ham' but she slapped me when she said it so that's got to mean she knows who I am, right?"
"I think you'd like to believe that's what she meant but the truth is we can't be sure until she repeats it."
"Just listen to you," said Mary as she sat down at the table with her cup of coffee. "I don't have to watch 'Doctor Phil' with you around or did you pick that up on 'the Doctors'?"
"Funny, but if I'm going with you guys to school, I need to go get ready. I also need to pick up a few things on the way back. I want to do a roast for tomorrow night."
"A roast? You usually do that when Mommy and the rest come back? Is something going on I don't know about? Is that what you were talking about when I came in?" Mary gave Kate a look. She shrugged her shoulders back.
"I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Don't get your hopes up but there is a possibility that they could be back. But like I said a possibility, I'll know more later on today."
"Yuppie," yelled Sam. "Maybe I can organize a party and have my new friends over from school. Maria says she doesn't get out much but maybe if we talk to her parents they'll let her come?"
"Let's just hold up on that for right now," said Mary as she caught Kate's look. "Kate is going to walk you into school today so hurry up. You heard she has things she needs to do."
[An hour later in the school parking lot]
Mary stood next to the car waiting for Kate to disappear inside before she walked over to the Black Discovery with tinted windows. Mary pecked on the window but at first there was no reaction inside so she pounded on the side with her fist. The door opened up and a man stepped out wearing dark sunglasses.
"I don't want to have to repeat myself but you need to lay off the vehicle and go away," said the man as he took his sunglasses off trying to intimidate her.
"I wanted to know what a vehicle full of men is doing outside of an elementary school? Maybe I should call the police?"
"Look lady go away or you'll be in big trouble," said the man as he flashed her his badge. "This is a federal operation and..."
"What? Are you going to arrest a six-year-old? I think you and Friday which ever one he is inside ought to leave," said Mary as she showed him her badge.
"You've got no jurisdiction inside the US so you know what you can do with that... but if you want to watch we're about to take down a whole family of illegals..."
"There are illegals and illegals. What if I told you that family is here under our protection? The father is a witness against a Mexican drug cartel and if you deport them their lives are over."
"I'd say no my problem that's for you and the courts to work out. But you're going to have to do it quickly because we've got a bus going south in a few hours. Now if you don't mind I've got an op to run and don't think about interfering or I will arrest you and make sure your picture and name is published in all the papers grandma," said the man as he got back inside laughing.
"Thank you for the intel," said Mary as she walked back to a man waiting for her. "Agent Sanchez, do you have any problem doing what I've asked you to do?"
"If I did I don't now."
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Chuck ran down the back staircase down to the ground floor. He had one thought and that was to find Miguel. He was worried about Sarah but he was more concerned what she would say if she found out what he'd intended to do with Miguel. But he didn't have much time to think everything through as he met two guards coming up the stairs towards him. This was Miguel trying to give himself time to escape and that just wasn't going to happen.
"Out of my way," said Chuck as he leaped down the staircase landing between the two guards. He took one out with a spinning heel kick. The man's jaw made a loud crack then he went down hard. Chuck dropped down low swiping the other man's feet out from under up him. The man dropped on his back making a low thud and moaned. Chuck was on him before he could get up and it was lights out with one punch.
"Now for Miguel," said Chuck as he coughed. By then the back of the house was starting to fill with smoke. "Got to find Miguel," he said as he ran out a side door looking around. Two more men came running towards him.
"Crap," said Chuck as he reached for the Tokarev he had tucked away in his belt behind him only to discover it was gone. He realized it must've fallen out when he'd taken the other two guards out.
"I don't suppose we can talk this out," said Chuck as he faced the armed men. "Okay Chuck, you can do this. It'll be just like in the Matrix." But suddenly both men dropped then he saw Sarah and Casey standing there with Anatoly and Stefan.
"I thought you might need a hand there Neo," said Casey as Sarah ran up to him and hugged him. "Where's Alex? If you've..."
"She's fine. She's back in the... well what used to be the entrance of the house. There's a Range Rover parked in it right now. She's watching Pablito and Natasha."
"Chuck, we need for you to stand down... Natasha is ours. It would be better for her if she came back and faces the music. The Director might even show mercy on her."
"I'm afraid she's pleading her case in another court. What I'm saying is she didn't make it. Miguel was getting ready to shoot Pablito and she dove in front of him to protect her asset. Wait Miguel is escaping, I have got to stop him," said Chuck suddenly remembering why he was there.
"Hold on, there's no need to panic he's in a shed out back with Red Sonja. You guys can go back and round up our prisoners and I'll get Alex then we'll figure out how to get in touch with Beckman. I'm sure she's have a fit by now."
"Well this is rather anticlimactic," said Stefan. "We followed this woman halfway around the globe only to have her get herself offed before we could grab her."
"Admit it. You guys never were going to grab her. I think you were here to punch her ticket and send her on a one-way trip," said Sarah as they walked towards the shed. But suddenly they heard three shots coming from inside.
"Don't tell me Morgan's in there too... not the bullet magnet again."
Chuck's blood ran cold as they sprinted to the shed then threw open the doors. Sarah pulled Chuck back before he could run side then she entered with Anatoly and Stefan all with their weapons at the ready. But to their relief and dismay they discovered Tatiana standing over the bodies of Miguel and Rosenda.
"I don't know where he got it but he had a gun," said Tatiana pointing at a Beretta Bobcat in Miguel's hand. "He shot at me but missed then she got in the way and... well I had to shoot them both. It was self-defense."
"Don't believe a word she says," yelled Morgan from the loft. "We saw it all from up here. She gunned them down in cold blood then planted that gun in his hand."
"Agent Grimes is right," said Roan but as they were speaking Tatiana raise her weapon on them. "However, Mr. Grimes you normally say things like that after the perpetrator has been disarmed."
"Yes, that would've been the smart move," said Tatiana. "Now, everyone drop the hardware then step over where I can see you. I'm going to walk out of here and no one is going to follow me."
"You know that's not going to happen. Where do you think you can go that we won't find you? Everyone will be looking for you so you might as well give it up now."
"I don't think so I know where Miguel kept his stash and with what I've got put away... well with a little plastic surgery you won't be seeing me again. You, you're coming with me," she said as she put the barrel of her Makarov in Chuck's side. "Everyone seems to like you so they'll think twice about following us. If I see any of you he's the first to get it and don't worry once I'm out of here I'll let your friend go. Now let's move it."
"Your plan is crazy and it'll never work. You're not going to get out of here," said Chuck as she poked him hard in the side.
"You'd better hope so Dushka for your own good," said Tatiana as they walked out the door. Chuck saw her pulled a grenade out of her pocket and with her thumb she flicked the pin off.
"Oh no you don't... you're not going to hurt my friends," he yelled as he batted the barrel away. She fired but the bullet just grazed his side as he grabbed her. They both landed on the ground followed by a loud explosion.
"Chuck, Chuck, what did you do," yelled Sarah as she and everyone ran out of the shed. "Chuck speak to me," she screamed as she pulled him off Tatiana. He started coughing and moaning. "Where does it hurt?"
"Everywhere... I never want to do that again. I think my stomach is in my mouth... she had a grenade and she was going to kill you all," he said as he coughed some more. "I couldn't let her hurt you... none of you," he said as he tried to sit up.
"Chuck, tell me you knew she had a vest on before you jumped on top of her or I'm going to be mad."
"Of course, I did," he said as he coughed some more then he put his arm around her and kissed her. "But it didn't do her much good. I couldn't let her hurt you."
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In a dark basement electrical sparks momentarily lit up the room. There was an acrid smell of burnt flesh and there was a man strapped into a chair who shook violently. Afterwards another man bent down and looked at him as smoke came out of his ears.
"Idiot, you gave him too much juice. He's gone. Now what are we going to tell the boss when he asks if we found out where his money went?"
"Well, he did give us that name," said another man who flipped on the light switch then walked over to inspect his handy work. "You know what, I'm hungry. How about a domer kebab?"
"All right, all right but just so we're on the same page and we get our stories straight. When the boss askes who fleeced him out of his money and you know that's the first thing he's going to ask...
"We're going to tell him Jack Burton because that was what our extra-crispy friend said. I don't know why you're making such a fuss. Now let's go we can clean this mess up later. It's not like he's going to get up and walk away."
"Okay, but tell the guy to go easy on the onions and that hot sauce this time. It gave me heart burn last time."
"I bet it wasn't as bad as this guy's," said the other man as they left the basement.
Continued in Chuck vs Jack Ponzi